18 Jun 2024 1:07 pm
I haven't posted much in a long time and I feel kinda bad about that...because my journeys on the internet have showed me how this forum is remarkable in how many people are actually capable of considering unpopular/forbidden opinions.
so...I want to bring up an interesting anecdote which I feel has huge implications and might get people to rethink a bit how exactly they distinguish truth from fiction.
It relates to this funny footnote in history: https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... ngdom_1914
This was a sort of mass hysteria which occurred in the uk during ww1. And nobody knows why on earth it happened. But apparently, there were mass reports of Russian soldiers traveling through england with 'snow on their boots' to go help the war effort. There were at least 500 accounts from eyewitnesses...which would include regular people, train conductors, members of parliament, etc. Some accounts included some rather bizarre information such as the Russians speaking Gaelic (huh?).
thing is, we know it did not happen. russia knew they didn't take such a circuitous route to the front line, and it also just doesn't make sense...there isn't any strategic or tactical reason that would justify Russia having its soldiers march across Britain in ww1.
But I think it is an interesting thought experiment to consider...what if the official narrative was that it DID happen? What if for some strange reason the British and Russian institutions decided they wanted people to believe the story was true? They certainly could cite a lot of eyewitness testimony. And they could throw anyone who doubts the story in prison...so few people would dare to deny the narrative. If you seemed to be skeptical, anyone could just show you a photo of some random soldier eith snow on their boots and say 'see? This is a Russian soldier traveling through england to join the fight at the front lines!'. The state would likely also resort to weird emotional manipulation like 'anyone who doubts this story just hates Russians and wants to deny their contribution to ww1!'. Without question, all the normies would be totally on board with the official narrative. Movies wight be made about it with tear jerker scenes of romance between Vladimir the Russian pilgrim and tilde the sweet scottish lass...and if you dare question the veracity of the story you will rob them of that touching scene.
so...I want to bring up an interesting anecdote which I feel has huge implications and might get people to rethink a bit how exactly they distinguish truth from fiction.
It relates to this funny footnote in history: https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... ngdom_1914
This was a sort of mass hysteria which occurred in the uk during ww1. And nobody knows why on earth it happened. But apparently, there were mass reports of Russian soldiers traveling through england with 'snow on their boots' to go help the war effort. There were at least 500 accounts from eyewitnesses...which would include regular people, train conductors, members of parliament, etc. Some accounts included some rather bizarre information such as the Russians speaking Gaelic (huh?).
thing is, we know it did not happen. russia knew they didn't take such a circuitous route to the front line, and it also just doesn't make sense...there isn't any strategic or tactical reason that would justify Russia having its soldiers march across Britain in ww1.
But I think it is an interesting thought experiment to consider...what if the official narrative was that it DID happen? What if for some strange reason the British and Russian institutions decided they wanted people to believe the story was true? They certainly could cite a lot of eyewitness testimony. And they could throw anyone who doubts the story in prison...so few people would dare to deny the narrative. If you seemed to be skeptical, anyone could just show you a photo of some random soldier eith snow on their boots and say 'see? This is a Russian soldier traveling through england to join the fight at the front lines!'. The state would likely also resort to weird emotional manipulation like 'anyone who doubts this story just hates Russians and wants to deny their contribution to ww1!'. Without question, all the normies would be totally on board with the official narrative. Movies wight be made about it with tear jerker scenes of romance between Vladimir the Russian pilgrim and tilde the sweet scottish lass...and if you dare question the veracity of the story you will rob them of that touching scene.